Ornamental initials
Subtitle: the woodcut initials of Christopher Plantin : a complete catalogue
By: by Stephen Harvard.
Contributors: Harvard, Stephen.; Museum Plantin-Moretus.
Publisher: American Friends of the Plantin-Moretus Museum
Published: 1974
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 169
Subjects: Plantin, Christophe, ca. 1520-1589.; Initials.; Printing -- Belgium -- Antwerp -- Specimens.; Antwerp (Belgium) -- Imprints.
Description: This catalogue assembles, for the first time since the sixteenth century, the entire collection of decorative initial letters that Christopher Plantin acquired to embellish his magnificent books. Fifty-eight different series of initials are reproduced here in their original size, and many are also shown in facsimile pages of Plantinian Books. -- vendor description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.